In brief

General elections were held in October 2018. Nationalist parties outperformed moderate parties. Milorad Dodik, Sefik Dzaferovic and Zeljko Komsic were elected to the state presidency while the SNSD and SDA emerged as the largest parties. Political instability will remain elevated as parties negotiate to form a government. A lack of consensus among politicians on the adoption of reforms required by the EU and weakness of the entity governments will continue to delay the BiH's EU integration.